- Christians and Christmas - Grace to You
Christmas presents a conundrum to many believers Do you withdraw from the world and its materialistic excess at this time of year? Or do you lean
- The Mystery of Christmas - Grace to You
As you know, we’ve been in a series in Galatians, and we’ll hold off on that until next Lord’s Day And this morning, just to think a little bit about the Christmas season as we live through it again this year, what comes to my mind is how enigmatic Christmas is, how paradoxical it is, how contradictory Christmas is I looked up the word “paradox” knowing that it comes from two Greek
- Six Ways to Miss Christmas - Grace to You
Over-familiarity with Christmas truth can breed a stony heart You had better respond while your heart is soft, or your heart will become hard and you won't have the opportunity to respond (Proverbs 29:1)
- The Theology of Christmas - Grace to You
Here is the theology of Christmas, okay? The theology of Christmas My intention today is to be straightforward and just tell the real story of the birth of Christ and have you make no mistake about its genuine significance In Philippians chapter 2, verse 5 ends by identifying Christ Jesus Then Christ Jesus becomes the theme of the next few
- No, Thats Not the True Meaning of Christmas - Grace to You
Most popular Christmas traditions are less than 150 years old One such tradition, dating back to Dickens’s time, is the sentimental exploration of the question “What is the true meaning of Christmas?” The true-meaning-of-Christmas meme even has its own Wikipedia entry
- The People Who Missed Christmas: Rome and Nazareth
On the other hand, perhaps you’ve been missing Christmas altogether You may get presents and eat a big dinner and decorate a tree, but you know in your heart that you are no different from the innkeeper, Herod, the religious leaders, the people of Jerusalem, the Romans, or the citizens of Nazareth You are missing the reality of Christmas
- The True Christmas Spirit - Grace to You
If you’re like me, you have heard the world’s comments and evaluations of this time of the year And one of the phrases that you hear a lot is “the Christmas spirit ” We need to have “the Christmas spirit ” And of course, I began to think about that, being somewhat analytical Just what is the Christmas spirit? And I suppose there are a lot of potential answers to that question To
- The Truth of the Nativity - Grace to You
Christmas has become the product of an odd mixture of pagan ideas, superstition, fanciful legends, and plain ignorance Add to that the commercialization of Christmas by marketers and the politicization of Christmas in the culture wars, and you're left with one big mess
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